Combined closure and spreader for liquid-containers.



J1 ERWIN.

COMBINED GLOSURE AND SPREADER FOR LIQUID CONTAINERS.

Y APPLIGATION FILED 11111.17. 1910.

1,000,081. Patent-,ed Aug. 8, 1911.

f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEEEMIAH EBWIN, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AVSSIGNOR OF ON E-FOURTH T0 BENJAMIN B.

THORSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED CLOSUBL AND SPREADER FOR LIQUID-CONTAINERS.

Patented Aug."

To all whom 'it may concem:

Be it known'that I, JEREMIAH ERWIN, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of the cityof Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinols, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Closures and Spreaders for Liquid-Containers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numbers of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Dificulty is often experienced in the use of liquids such as mucilage and other viscous fluids by the evaporation of the liquid constituents thereof permitting the solid con- -stituents to gum upon or around the discharge. orifice thereby sometimes wasting considerable portion of the contents and rendering that remaining not conveniently available for use'.

The object of this invention is to afford a construction providing a fountain reservoir or container for liquids, the closure for which acts when pressed inwardly to automatically spread the contents upon the surv In the drawings: Figure 1 is a centrall face to be treated.

It is also an object of the vinvention to afford a construction adapted to be conveniently carried in the pocket without endangering the clothing through leakage of `the contalner and to afford alsoa construction instantly available for use and by the use of which the liqiud is spread uniformly.

It is a further object of the invention to afford a construction in which a rotational element serves both' as a valve closure to prevent the loss or leakage of the contents of the container and also as a spreader to spread the'contents over the object to which applied.

The invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and more fully pointed out'and defined in the appended claim.

longitudinal section of a device embodying my invention, showing the same in a form adapted for pocket use. Fig. 2 is a similar enlarged fragmentary section. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan Iview of the same; Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section illustrating a slightly modified construction of the closure or. spreader. Fig. 6 is a similar enlarged4 in form and adapted for carriage in thepocket similarly with' a fountain pen. Said container is integrally closed at one end and at its opposite end is internally threaded to receive therein the nozzle 2, which, as shown, is provided at its upper end with a sleeve 3, adapted to fit in the receptacle and below said sleeve is threaded to engage the screw threads in said receptacle and is' provided below said threads with a-collar 4, of the same diameter as the receptacle and finishing flush therewith.

The lower or discharge end of the nozzle is shaped, spun or otherwise formed to afford a restricted orifice, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, and movable in said nozzle and engaged at its upper end therein by means of a spring 5, is a stem 6, the lower end of which is forked or shaped to afford downwardly directed claws 7, which engage loosely about a ball closure 8, which fits in the restricted orifice in said nozzle and under the action of said spring affords a tight closure therefor. The portion of the periphery of said ball, however, projecting through said orilice permitting the iiow of the liquid past the ball when the same is pressed inwardly by'contact with the surface to be treated. As shown also, a -cover cap 9, is provided to cover and protect the nozzle end of said receptacle, said cover cap being of a size to engage on a suitable seat therefor at the upper end of said container when the device is ready for use.

In the constructionl illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, the nozzle 10, affords a much larger portion of the container than in the construction before described and as shown, is provided with a central sleeve 11, communicating therein, which threads into the barrel 12, of the container which also, as shown, is closed at its outerend. Said nozzle is extended transversely the barrel 12, on the end of which it is engaged by threadving the sleeve therein and as shown, is -provided with a relatively long andnarrow orifice on the side thereof opposite said barrel and extending the longest way of said noz,-

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zle. A stem 13, is engaged by means of a spring 14, with the inner end of the sleeve 11, and at its outer end or that extending into the nozzle is provded with a yoke 15, the ends of which are apertured to rotatably engage gudgeons 16, one at each end of a cylindric closure and spreader 17, which, as shown, is also rounded at its ends to afford a tight joint along both sides and "at the'ends inclosing the nozzle.

The operation is as follows: When the receptable or container is filled and the nozzle threaded back into place, the spring 14, acts at all times to press the stem and rounded closure or spreader outwardly 'to afford a positive closure for the discharge orifice. Inasmueh as the orifice through the nozzle is shaped complementally'with la section of the closure which fits therein, a ti ht joint is afforded thereby'entirely preclu ing leakage when the device is not in use and of course, wholly preventing evaporation of the more liquid or Volatile contents of the device.

Vhen it is desired to apply the liquid to any surface the closure or spreader is pressed lightly, thereon, forcing the same inwardly sufficiently to clear the nozzle and is moved along on said surface thereby rotating` the spreader on the end of the stem which engages the same, thus delivering a thin film of the liquid onto the surface to be treated. This will be the more readily appreciated from the fact that the inner surfaces of said closure or spreader are at all times immersed in the liquid, thus as the spreader is rolled along the surface to be treated, delivering the fresh liquid from within the container thereon.

Of course, details of the construction may be varied. If desired, either form of the device may be employed as a closure for bottles intended for any kind of liquid for obviously it is not essential that the particular form of the barrel or container proper be maintained, and, of course, the nozzle may assume any desired form in which may be installed a closure adapted to be rolled alon the surface to be treated and to spread liquidr from said container thereon. I therefore do not purpose limiting this application for patent otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

A device of the class l described embracing a reservoir, a nozzle connected therewith, a rolling closure within and slightly protruding beyond said aperture in said nozzle and acting when pressed inwardly to deliver a portion of the Huid contained in said reservoir, a spring pressed bar in said nozzle and a plurality of fingers or claws on said bar between which said closure is adapted to roll, said fingers acting to prevent excess material from adhering to said roller.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed 'my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.`

JEREMIAH ERWIN.

l/Vitnesses C. l/V. HILLS, K. E. HANNAH. 

